My Favorite Bugs
There was no TV, cell phones or I-Pods
When I was a very young lad
You found ways to entertain yourself
No longer the case and it’s sad
Aside from spiders, butterflies and bees
Four others were favorite bugs
They provided many hours of fun
But I never did play with slugs
The pill bugs could be fascinating
When touched, they coil up in a ball
They had amour plates over their backs
And hundreds of legs used to crawl
You will find them under rocks and wood
They like it to be slightly damp
When you will find there’s both big and small
Living together in a camp
A fire-fly is a big favorite
He is known by different names
Such as a glow bug or lightening bug
Call it what you want, it’s the same
We’d smear the glowing stuff from his tail
Write out initials on our hand
Half of the fun was in catching them
Just seeing them glow’s really grand
The ant lion is such an awesome thing
Also known as an doodle bug
They make little creators in the sand
And never let their hole get plugged
If an ant walks in the crater
Chances are he’ll never get out
The doodle bug flips sand up on him
Then pulls him under he’s so stout
A good way to catch a doodle bug
Trickle sand down to the bottom
When he start flipping sand from his hole
He’s near, so grab and you got’um
The last one of my favorite bugs,
A jack worm is what I call him
He lives at the bottom of a hole
That’s 6 inches deep and quite slim
I liked to drop a straw down his hole
Before long he’ll push till it’s out
His body is soft and one inch long
With some hard pinchers for a snout
One way I know to catch a jack worm
Let him push the straw with his snout
That’s when the straw is in his pinchers
Now just jerk real fast and he’s out
Kids now days don’t know what they’re missing
Letting some device entertain
They could be having fun on their own
Go back to the days of Mark Twain
Copyright © Charles Sides | Year Posted 2011
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